Tamesaint Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 This afternoon goes to show how desperately we need Size. It was 1-1 when he went off & Lancashire replaced him. 10 minutes later it was 3-1. Lets just hope that we keep hold of Size - or at the very least find a suitable replacement. I can now say that I have seen Gasmi play!! With a bit of luck I will not see him again in a Saints shirt.
benjii Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 This afternoon goes to show how desperately we need Size. It was 1-1 when he went off & Lancashire replaced him. 10 minutes later it was 3-1. Lets just hope that we keep hold of Size - or at the very least find a suitable replacement. I can now say that I have seen Gasmi play!! With a bit of luck I will not see him again in a Saints shirt. Hardly an "I was there when Frannie scored" moment!
Arizona Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 My similarly titled thread vanished pretty quickly into obscurity. Think I was a bit premature... anyway, here is my posts again FWIW: "Well done to all those that went. It was a pretty good turn out and atmosphere considering it's a 3 hour drive from Southampton for a relegated team with nothing to play for. Some good chants. We did our best to make Rupert feel welcome and there was a good mix of songs. Every time Forest scored, we had a disco in the away end. Weird to see all 4 sides of a ground singing and dancing after a goal goes in. Was also good to here Marian Pahars' chant get thrown in randomly a couple of times. Song of the day: "Stand Up if you've got swine flu!" Saints looked the better side throughout most of the game, but it just seemed to fall apart at the end really. Story of our season I guess. Our goal was pretty well taken by BWP, who looked pretty lively. I honnestly didn't see any of their first as I was looking at the home fans at the time. Their second resulted, surprisingly enough, from poor marking at a set piece. By the time the third went in it was pretty much 3 Forest players against Kelvin as the rest of our lot were halfway down the tunnel. Size, James, DMG and BWP looked like our best players for me. Size and DMG in particular looked well up for it."
Tamesaint Posted 3 May, 2009 Author Posted 3 May, 2009 Hardly an "I was there when Frannie scored" moment! I wore my "I was there when Claus scored" T shirt. Perhaps it was prophetic!!
whitenred Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Good day out, despite the result. Our fans were superb some good gallows humour going on and outsdang the Forest lot easily (although they were pretty poor). Think we were def saying goodbye to a few players at the end, hence the shirts etc being lobbed into the crowd.
Arizona Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Good day out, despite the result. Our fans were superb some good gallows humour going on and outsdang the Forest lot easily (although they were pretty poor). Think we were def saying goodbye to a few players at the end, hence the shirts etc being lobbed into the crowd. That and the fact that those shirts will never be used again and are as such completely worthless to both players and club. Was interesting to see Killer hoofing a few of the training balls into the crowd before kick-off. They could have been used again.
Griffo Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Well pretty much every player lobbed a shirt into the crowd so I can't see that meaning they're all off. Seaijs was outstanding again. Bradley looked quite good. Was good fun celebrating their goals and having loads of 'disco's throughout the game. Singing along to Chelsea Dagger was good as well. Sure we'll be back, support was top today.
Chez Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 I keep saying it but Saeijs is THE most important player in the side and essential to any sort of promotion effort.
NickG Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 I keep saying it but Saeijs is THE most important player in the side and essential to any sort of promotion effort. but no longer our player!
Papa Shango Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 (edited) Wasn't really interested in the game, but was a great day out. Amazing support today! Non stop singing all game, even at half time in the concourse Edited 3 May, 2009 by Papa Shango
david in sweden Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 I keep saying it but Saeijs is THE most important player in the side and essential to any sort of promotion effort. it all seemd to fall apart after the subs....was Ollie Lancashire involved at all? or to blame for either goal, I do feel sorry for the lad, he had a terrible first season, but is he one for the future?
70's Mike Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Wasn't really interested in the game, but was a great day out. Amazing support today! Non stop singing all game, even at half time in the concourse totally agree the support the club has got all season has out performed the performances on the pitch , both in quality but mainly effort.
hypochondriac Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Half time was amusing despite being soaked with beer by the mentalists chucking them about . Fantastic atmosphere especially when we started cheering along to their goals.
70's Mike Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 it all seemd to fall apart after the subs....was Ollie Lancashire involved at all? or to blame for either goal, I do feel sorry for the lad, he had a terrible first season, but is he one for the future? not unless he gets some upper body strength and a defenders brain
Bristol_Benji Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 I plonked this in another thread, but worth putting here as well: Just thought i'd copy and paste some of the comments from forest forums about the saints fans today. We were awesome, a good atmosphere, and in good humour! 'fantastic applause for Billy and the Boys and Southamptons supporters did their team proud' 'Also fair play to the Saints fans, even dancing when we scored our 1st, 2nd and 3rd.' 'The 3 goals and banter with Soton fans has proved too much for my throat. Credit to the S'oton fans they took it on the chin, was a bit dissapointed we didn't give them much support after the game but we did clap them for a bit in LB.' 'Southampton fans 10/10 or should that be -10/-10.' Crap result, crap season, but we can still have a good time and show what good fans we are
Tamesaint Posted 3 May, 2009 Author Posted 3 May, 2009 I plonked this in another thread, but worth putting here as well: Just thought i'd copy and paste some of the comments from forest forums about the saints fans today. We were awesome, a good atmosphere, and in good humour! 'fantastic applause for Billy and the Boys and Southamptons supporters did their team proud' 'Also fair play to the Saints fans, even dancing when we scored our 1st, 2nd and 3rd.' 'The 3 goals and banter with Soton fans has proved too much for my throat. Credit to the S'oton fans they took it on the chin, was a bit dissapointed we didn't give them much support after the game but we did clap them for a bit in LB.' 'Southampton fans 10/10 or should that be -10/-10.' Crap result, crap season, but we can still have a good time and show what good fans we are At the end of the game some of the Forest fans did give us applause - in particular for that banner held up saying SFC 1885 - We will never die. (or something like that). Good on 'em.
Bristol_Benji Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 my favourites..... 'it's supporters like them that give me a little hope that football might still be alive' and 'It was truly refreshing to see a set of fans enjoying themselves. They deserve to come str8 back up.' I hope investors see this.
georgeismyname Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Yeah, it brought a tear to my eye when the Forest fans clapped us off at the end and a Forest fan on the upper tier in the corner near Block W said "Come straight back up" and pointed up as I walked down the steps. Support was fantastic but the defending was poor without Saeijs. Shame the players threw all their shirts etc into the bit behind the goal and forgot us lot is the corner area . First time I've ever seen the away fans celebrate a home goal and the away fans be applauded by the home fans. All in all a good day out despite the result which didn't matter.
niceandfriendly Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 The support today was unbelievable. Well done to all Saints fans today, we all made it a day to remember (off the pitch).
jasonbenali Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Gutted but hardly surprised. Seriously need to find a striker next season. Nice build up but usual lack of quality in both boxes. Gasmi has to be the wettest player I've ever seen...
niceandfriendly Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 I did enjoy Killer milking the applause before the game and kissing the Saints badge on his top. Hope he can stay with us.
SFC Forever Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Listening to the commentary one could almost feel the atmosphere coming thru the radio. Well done all of you that made your way up there.
ladysaint Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 After a really depressing season this made me proud to be a Saint supporter today, our support was outstanding you had to be there to feel it. A great day and hopefully we will be visiting Forest again in the not too distant future.
georgeismyname Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 If you wanna see some pics from today, go to http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=17881&id=1559675594&saved#/album.php?aid=17881&id=1559675594&ref=mf Hope that works
saintsforlife7 Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Outstanding, support today was top notch. Our disco was in a different league to theirs, but some quality banter going back and forth! I was part of the "We'll never die" banner, did anybody see? Good to hear CMFG being sang as well!!
voteforpedro Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Good to hear CMFG being sang as well!! ...followed by loydy james football genius
Tamesaint Posted 3 May, 2009 Author Posted 3 May, 2009 ...followed by loydy james football genius which was quickly followed by lloydy james football player.
rick1976.4.38 Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 was there today and have to say we may be down but so f***ing great to be a saints fan.it was what its all about being a supporter and not a glory hunter,true fans supporting a great club.banter was fantastic and fair play to the forest fans for their appreciation of us.WE WILL BE BACK,COYR
Mole Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 The biggest thing that needs to change is we need more men and less kids. Our sparrow legged kids are just not tough enough.
RobM Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 'Southampton fans 10/10 or should that be -10/-10.' Awesome
Hopkins Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 There is something very enjoyable about watching your team get beat 3-1 and celebrating their goals more than your own! Carlisle away on a tuesday night?...YES PLEASE!
saintsforlife7 Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Anybody take any videos during the game of our singing?
bungle Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Am I the only one who thinks that for large parts of the game we were totally silent?
Arizona Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Am I the only one who thinks that for large parts of the game we were totally silent? Depends where you were sat I guess. I didn't here too much coming from the left hand side, but there was plenty coming from the right.
saintsforlife7 Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Am I the only one who thinks that for large parts of the game we were totally silent? About 10mins from half time and 15mins after half time it was quiet, yes
sotonianproud Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 (edited) If i had been quicker with the cam i would have got the saints fans abusing and spitting on lowe's car as he made his way into the forrest ground :-( Edited 3 May, 2009 by sotonianproud
Toadhall Saint Posted 3 May, 2009 Posted 3 May, 2009 Loved the support today - down but never out! COYRAWM
bigtonesfc Posted 4 May, 2009 Posted 4 May, 2009 Hmm!travelled all the way there to get thrown out after 10 minutes,so its 0-0 as far as i`m concerned!!
bungle Posted 4 May, 2009 Posted 4 May, 2009 About 10mins from half time and 15mins after half time it was quiet, yes Sounds about right to me.
ladysaint Posted 4 May, 2009 Posted 4 May, 2009 It was good to see that Forest had the common sense to protect both their goal posts and netting after the final whistle, no pitch invasion though thankfully.
Andy_Porter Posted 4 May, 2009 Posted 4 May, 2009 Quality weekend, probably the best away of 2009, just a shame we couldn't hang on to the lead. McGoldrick and James where both stand out performers for me. Think the main problem as usual was not getting the second goal when we where winning, Euell is never going to score enough goals as a lone striker and the two wide men don't take enough chances or get into the box enough. We really need to sign a proper goal scorer next season or change the system so we play two up top. Gillett had a good game but the Forest midfield over run us at times and Schniederlin got shown up again, he's a good footballer but not suited to the league at all and I can see it being even worse next season. The defence untill Size got injured was playing well and looked quite solid even with Surman at left back going forward at every chance. Once Gobern moved to left back and Size got injured we seemed to struggle though, Perry can't do everything on his own and Lancashire doesn't look ready at all. Really looked like Davis was saying goodbye to the fans at the end, he looked really emotional as he walked the length of the pitch and then he went round quite a lot of the players individually before throwing his gloves, captain band and shirt into the crowd. Surman stuck around for a while longer than the other players as well so I think those two have probably played their last game for the club.
Papa Shango Posted 4 May, 2009 Posted 4 May, 2009 Depends where you were sat I guess. I didn't here too much coming from the left hand side, but there was plenty coming from the right. I was in the left hand side and I can assure you it was rocking most of the game. As we were singing, we've got the best fans in the league! Yesterday really made me proud to be a Saints fan.
Block 5 Posted 4 May, 2009 Posted 4 May, 2009 Best away game of the season for atmosphere. Did any one notice Euell after the game? My mate was sat with Forest fans and said that when all the other players came over to applaud us Euell walked in the opposite direction, back to the tunnel. On the way he passed Wotte and totally blanked him.....
CB Fry Posted 4 May, 2009 Posted 4 May, 2009 I've had a look but couldn't see any mention of Leon Crouch and Mark Dennis in the stands with us, about three rows back from me. He didn't seem particularly amused by everyone bouncing up and down to the Fratellis when Forest scored their second and third. Possibly the gallows humour a bit too close to the bone. Great atmosphere throughout, I had a little tear in my eye especially when the Forest fans applauded us. The getting on the pitch nonsense was a bit unneccessary though, but no major harm done. Oh, and not completely sure of her legality, but Leon's (I think) daughter is definitely worth one.
prideofthesouth Posted 4 May, 2009 Posted 4 May, 2009 Am I the only one who thinks that for large parts of the game we were totally silent? You were probably too drunk and fell asleep!
jasonbenali Posted 4 May, 2009 Posted 4 May, 2009 Extended player ratings on the link for those interested. Not a happy bunny but not exactly surprised: http://www.southampton-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=446228
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